Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (NPFD)
$17.21▼ −0.41%
Close Sep 28, 2026 · split-adjusted
Sep 28, 2026$17.21▼ 12.86% in range
Sep 29, 2025Low $17.21 · High $20.01Sep 28, 2026
What changed · written from our data
As of Sep 28, 2026
Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund closed at $17.21 on Sep 28, down 0.41%, within 0.0% of its 52-week closing low. Volume of 86.3K shares was 1.41× its 20-day average (above normal).
Split-adjusted performance: -8.4% over one month, -3.5% over six months, -13.3% over one year.
Short interest was 137.4K shares at the Sep 15 settlement, down 28.1% from the prior report (0.6% of float, 2.0 days to cover).
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Quick answers
What does Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund do?
Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred&Income is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and total return.
What is NPFD's market cap?
$415.86M, based on the Sep 28 close of $17.21.
Does Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. The latest regular dividend was $0.1565 per share (ex-date Sep 15), an annualised yield of 10.91%.
How much of NPFD is sold short?
137.4K shares, 0.6% of float, as of Sep 15, 2026.
About Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund
Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred&Income is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and total return. The fund invests a majority of its assets in variable-rate preferred securities and other variable-rate income-producing securities. The rest of its investments can be made in contingent capital securities or contingent convertible securities, convertible securities, corporate debt securities, U.S. government securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, fixed-rate preferred securities, senior loans and loan participations and assignments, sovereign debt instruments, debt securities issued by supranational agencies, and/or taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds.
Sources: Massive / Polygon daily aggregates (split-adjusted) · SEC filings via Massive · FINRA settlements via Massive · Financial Modeling Prep. Figures are dated where shown; research is informational, not investment advice. Methodology
